Sorrento Writers Festival Ticketing System

Aarti Betigeri

Migration Stories In The Round: How human journeys impact storytelling
2025-04-25 13:00:32.198
Sorrento Museum
Is Australia a Racist Country?
2025-04-27 09:00:06.659
Ellen Grant Hall
My Life and India: A conversation about the nation, its people and its great diaspora
2025-04-27 13:30:31.313
Sorrento Community Centre

Adele Ferguson

Inside The Boardroom: Who is running our corporate world and are they up to the job?
2025-04-26 13:30:24.548
Sorrento Community Centre
Shining Light In Dark Corners: Is investigative journalism an endangered species?
2025-04-26 15:00:14.383
Sorrento Community Centre

Ailsa Piper

A Writer’s Life
2025-04-23 14:00:32.812
Sorrento Portsea RSL
How A Faraway Place Inspired My Story: Exploring the importance of setting
2025-04-24 12:00:10.125
Sorrento Masonic Centre
Barefoot Bowls and Read Out Loud: Our speakers read and recite some of their favourite passages, poems, speeches and soliloquies
2025-04-25 17:00:05.005
Sorrento Bowls Club
Writing About Me: How hard was that, anyway?
2025-04-26 09:00:55.957
Sorrento Bowls Club
Writers On Writing
2025-04-26 16:30:03.320
Sorrento Bowls Club

Alan Kohler

The DEI Dilemma: How corporate Australia might handle the backlash
2025-04-27 10:30:39.400
Sorrento Masonic Centre
The Great Australian Nightmare: Housing in crisis
2025-04-27 12:00:05.778
Sorrento Portsea RSL

Alexander Edward Gilly

Art Stream (2): My Family and Art
2025-04-24 10:30:01.980
The Continental
Media Moguls, The Old And The New
2025-04-24 13:00:13.242
Ellen Grant Hall
Up Close and Personal: The trials and triumphs of writing biography
2025-04-25 13:00:30.019
Sorrento Masonic Centre

Alice Zaslavsky

The Art Of The Cookbook
2025-04-27 09:15:03.078
The Continental

Alison Lester

A Child’s Life
2025-04-23 11:30:11.179
Sorrento Portsea RSL
All Fired Up: How books change children’s lives
2025-04-24 09:00:42.637
The Continental
65 Years Since Green Eggs and Ham: And other children’s classics we love
2025-04-24 12:00:03.002
Ellen Grant Hall

Amanda Laugesen

Gallipoli 110 Years On: What does this controversial military campaign tell us about ourselves and our current world?
2025-04-24 14:30:48.684
Sorrento Community Centre

Amanda Smith

Elon, AI, No Boundaries, No Truth. Where To For The Media?
2025-04-27 12:00:42.353
The Continental

Amanda Walton

Nature, My Great Escape: Tales of growing, re-wilding and rejuvenating
2025-04-25 13:00:58.318
Sorrento Bowls Club

Andrea Goldsmith

My New Book: Three writers discuss their latest novels, and the journey from idea to bookstore
2025-04-27 10:30:21.696
Sorrento Masonic Centre

Andrew Knight

Telling Australian Stories Via The Big and Little Screen
2025-04-26 13:30:28.173
The Continental
Yeah, Nah, Just Joking, Mate: Are Australians as eloquent and hilarious as we think?
2025-04-27 09:00:45.524
Sorrento Bowls Club
Between Us: Andrew Knight and Steve Vizard
2025-04-27 12:00:20.262
The Continental

Andrew Ford

Words & Music Act 1: The Voice in Music
2025-04-25 17:30:37.793
The Continental
The History Of Music In 256 Pages
2025-04-26 13:30:34.620
Sorrento Masonic Centre
Words & Music Act 2: Countdown, 50 Years
2025-04-26 18:30:51.676
Sorrento Portsea RSL
Who’s Better: Bach or Mozart - and other ridiculous musical provocations
2025-04-27 10:30:55.530
Sorrento Portsea RSL

Andrew Rule

Drinks With The Sportswriters
2025-04-26 16:30:19.683
The Continental
Between Us: Andrew Rule and John Silvester
2025-04-27 15:00:12.955
The Continental

Anita Heiss

Walking Together: The potential of First Nations culture to enhance our lives
2025-04-24 14:30:47.897
Sorrento Bowls Club
Come Together: How books can create connections between black and white Australia
2025-04-25 13:00:28.426
The Continental
When The Past Invades Our Present: Three novelists discuss their style of historical fiction writing
2025-04-25 16:00:15.391
Sorrento Masonic Centre
Writers On Writing
2025-04-26 12:00:21.826
Sorrento Masonic Centre

Anna Walker

A Child’s Life
2025-04-23 11:30:11.179
Sorrento Portsea RSL
Books v Screens: The Great Parenting Challenge
2025-04-24 13:00:29.575
Sorrento Community Centre

Anne Summers

The Whitlam Legacy, 1975: Why Australia was never the same again
2025-04-25 13:00:31.674
Sorrento Community Centre
In Conversation: Anne Summers
2025-04-25 14:30:37.646
Sorrento Masonic Centre
1975 Then, Now and Beyond 50 Years of Feminism in Australia
2025-04-26 15:00:30.593
Sorrento Bowls Club
Stop Hurting Women: Enough is enough
2025-04-27 10:30:38.490
The Continental

Annie Smithers

A Cook's Life
2025-04-23 12:30:47.914
Sorrento Portsea RSL
Between Us: Annie Smithers & Virginia Trioli
2025-04-24 10:30:49.185
Sorrento Masonic Centre
Kitchen Controversial: Why restaurant life is not for the faint-hearted
2025-04-24 13:00:42.097
The Continental

Annie Lawson

Lust, Love and the Whole Courtship Thing: Publishing’s gift that keeps on giving
2025-04-26 15:00:33.503
Ellen Grant Hall
Let’s Talk Love: Diving into the heart of fiction
2025-04-26 18:00:33.140
The Continental

Anthony Sharwood

The Ghosts Are Here: First Nations perspectives on European explorers
2025-04-24 10:30:22.174
Sorrento Community Centre
Grey Nomads On Tour: And other reasons to discover Australia
2025-04-24 13:00:28.279
Sorrento Masonic Centre
What I Learned: Three biographers explain the impact of writing another person’s life story
2025-04-24 16:00:40.508
The Continental
Nature, My Great Escape: Tales of growing, re-wilding and rejuvenating
2025-04-25 13:00:58.318
Sorrento Bowls Club

Barrie Cassidy

The Political Lunch
2025-04-24 12:00:57.132
The Baths Sorrento
1975: The Dismissal: The moment Australian politics changed forever
2025-04-26 09:00:23.119
The Continental
Dear Prime Minister, What Are You Scared Of?: How social media and other technologies are undermining democracies
2025-04-26 13:30:11.052
Ellen Grant Hall

Barry Jones

The Morning Feed
2025-04-24 08:00:46.482
The Continental
Shakespeare Unpacked: Act 1
2025-04-24 09:30:57.315
Sorrento Masonic Centre
In Conversation: Barry Jones
2025-04-24 14:30:32.054
The Continental
1975: The Dismissal: The moment Australian politics changed forever
2025-04-26 09:00:23.119
The Continental
Who’s Better: Bach or Mozart - and other ridiculous musical provocations
2025-04-27 10:30:55.530
Sorrento Portsea RSL
Enter The Strongman: How and why has authoritarianism become popular again?
2025-04-27 15:00:57.342
The Continental

Belinda Alexandra

World War Fiction: For novelists, It’s an ongoing rich and dramatic landscape
2025-04-26 12:00:36.092
Sorrento Masonic Centre
Lust, Love and the Whole Courtship Thing: Publishing’s gift that keeps on giving
2025-04-26 15:00:33.503
Ellen Grant Hall

Ben Shewry

A Cook's Life
2025-04-23 12:30:47.914
Sorrento Portsea RSL
In Conversation: Ben Shewry
2025-04-24 09:00:48.824
Sorrento Bowls Club
Kitchen Controversial: Why restaurant life is not for the faint-hearted
2025-04-24 13:00:42.097
The Continental

Brendan Donohoe

In Conversation: Joe Aston
2025-04-26 09:00:13.842
The Continental
In Conversation: Richard N Haass
2025-04-26 13:00:26.259
The Continental
Enter The Strongman: How and why has authoritarianism become popular again?
2025-04-27 15:00:57.342
The Continental

Bruce Wolpe

How To Handle Europe, and Other Urgent World Issues
2025-04-25 16:00:32.468
Ellen Grant Hall
The First 100 Days: Donald Trump’s second presidency
2025-04-26 15:00:29.627
The Continental
Where To, America? (Or, How Gaga is MAGA?)
2025-04-27 12:00:22.780
Sorrento Community Centre

Cameron Stewart

In Conversation: Josh Frydenberg
2025-04-26 12:00:54.515
The Continental

Caroline Lee

The Greer Effect: A read-through of Vanessa O’Neill’s play-in-progress
2025-04-26 16:45:18.968
The Continental

Caroline Parker

Healing Power of Nature
2025-04-26 09:00:44.609
Sorrento Museum

Caroline Wilson

Don’t Shoot The Messenger: Live Podcast
2025-04-23 17:00:42.994
Sorrento Portsea RSL
Food As Solace: How cooking helps me through the bad times and the good
2025-04-25 14:30:02.994
The Continental
The Evening Feed & Drinks With The Journos
2025-04-25 17:30:54.830
The Continental
Drinks With The Sportswriters
2025-04-26 16:30:19.683
The Continental

Catherine Fox

What’s Your Agenda, Mark Zuckerberg?: Masculine energy, manarchy culture, and aggression in the workplace
2025-04-26 10:30:35.808
Sorrento Masonic Centre
1975 Then, Now and Beyond 50 Years of Feminism in Australia
2025-04-26 15:00:30.593
Sorrento Bowls Club
The DEI Dilemma: How corporate Australia might handle the backlash
2025-04-27 10:30:39.400
Sorrento Masonic Centre

Celia Hirsh

In Conversation: Robbie Arnott
2025-04-24 09:00:49.413
The Continental
Kitchen Controversial: Why restaurant life is not for the faint-hearted
2025-04-24 13:00:42.097
The Continental
From Lamingtons to Legacy: AWW’s Culinary Influence
2025-04-26 12:00:28.089
Ellen Grant Hall
The Art Of The Cookbook
2025-04-27 09:15:03.078
The Continental

Charlotte Guest

Why We Love A Strong Woman Story
2025-04-24 12:00:50.239
Sorrento Bowls Club
It Takes A Village: The role of small-town communities in fiction
2025-04-24 14:30:13.870
Ellen Grant Hall

Charlotte McConaghy

Ta Da! Introducing, Our New Books
2025-04-26 10:30:27.774
Sorrento Masonic Centre
Smooth Runs The Water: The impact of swimming, surfing, waves and coastlines on my writing
2025-04-27 09:00:03.821
Sorrento Portsea RSL

Chris Hammer

A Writer’s Life
2025-04-23 14:00:32.812
Sorrento Portsea RSL
My Australian Landscape
2025-04-24 12:00:31.621
Sorrento Community Centre
Drinks With The Crime Writers
2025-04-24 18:00:11.735
The Continental
Bad Guys I Have Known: Murder mysteries and how to write them
2025-04-25 14:30:24.517
Sorrento Museum

Christabel Blackman

Art Stream (2): My Family and Art
2025-04-24 10:30:01.980
The Continental
Meet My Family: Memoir writers discuss how their own tribe’s story became a good book
2025-04-24 13:00:34.396
Sorrento Masonic Centre

Christian White

You Can Be In My Gang: Exploring the powerful dynamic of friendship groups in fiction
2025-04-24 09:00:51.568
Ellen Grant Hall
The Good, The Bad And The Seriously Disturbed: How to create memorable characters
2025-04-24 10:30:55.777
Ellen Grant Hall
Drinks With The Crime Writers
2025-04-24 18:00:11.735
The Continental
Writers On Writing
2025-04-26 13:30:48.057
Sorrento Museum
From Podcast To Platform: Exploring new ways to tell stories today
2025-04-26 18:00:53.099
The Continental

Christine Keighery

You Can Be In My Gang: Exploring the powerful dynamic of friendship groups in fiction
2025-04-24 09:00:51.568
Ellen Grant Hall

Clara Tuite

Barefoot Bowls and Read Out Loud: Our speakers read and recite some of their favourite passages, poems, speeches and soliloquies
2025-04-25 17:00:05.005
Sorrento Bowls Club
Breakfast With Jane Austen - On Her 250th Birthday
2025-04-26 08:00:01.746
The Continental

Clive Smith

Bunurong On The Peninsula - From the Beginning of Time
2025-04-23 17:00:45.455
Sorrento Museum
Limeburners, Convicts, Drunkenness and Death: Point Nepean 1835-40
2025-04-25 17:00:42.339
Sorrento Museum
Origins - Mornington Peninsula - In Photographs: A look back at our region’s early days
2025-04-26 15:30:26.117
Sorrento Museum
The Great Land Grab, George Coppin, Father Of Sorrento - Or Was He?
2025-04-26 17:00:05.834
Sorrento Museum

Corrie Perkin

A Cook's Life
2025-04-23 12:30:47.914
Sorrento Portsea RSL
Don’t Shoot The Messenger: Live Podcast
2025-04-23 17:00:42.994
Sorrento Portsea RSL
Media Moguls, The Old And The New
2025-04-24 13:00:13.242
Ellen Grant Hall
Drinks With The Publishers
2025-04-25 16:00:31.543
The Continental
The Evening Feed & Drinks With The Journos
2025-04-25 17:30:54.830
The Continental
Island of My Mind: The role of Flinders Island in my writing
2025-04-26 10:30:24.561
Sorrento Bowls Club
The First 100 Days: Donald Trump’s second presidency
2025-04-26 15:00:29.627
The Continental

Craig Cormick

The Ghosts Are Here: First Nations perspectives on European explorers
2025-04-24 10:30:22.174
Sorrento Community Centre
Walking Together: The potential of First Nations culture to enhance our lives
2025-04-24 14:30:47.897
Sorrento Bowls Club

Darren Rix

The Ghosts Are Here: First Nations perspectives on European explorers
2025-04-24 10:30:22.174
Sorrento Community Centre
Walking Together: The potential of First Nations culture to enhance our lives
2025-04-24 14:30:47.897
Sorrento Bowls Club

Dave Witty

I Talk To The Trees: In praise of nature’s enduring force
2025-04-25 14:30:18.058
St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church of Sorrento

David Leser

Your Life, My Words: The art of telling someone else’s story
2025-04-25 16:00:52.877
The Continental
In Conversation: Helen Garner
2025-04-26 10:30:43.683
Sorrento Community Centre
Are Aussie Men Okay With Women?
2025-04-26 13:30:33.245
Sorrento Bowls Club
In Conversation: Robert Dessaix
2025-04-27 10:30:36.854
Ellen Grant Hall

David Marr

The Evening Feed & Drinks With The Journos
2025-04-25 17:30:54.830
The Continental
In Conversation: David Marr
2025-04-26 16:30:01.472
Sorrento Community Centre
Simmer Down: The role of civilised conversations in a healthy democracy
2025-04-27 13:30:47.517
The Continental

Deborah Thomas

From Lamingtons to Legacy: AWW’s Culinary Influence
2025-04-26 12:00:28.089
Ellen Grant Hall

Dennis Glover

Does History Repeat?: (And if so, should we be nervous?)
2025-04-24 10:30:22.174
Sorrento Bowls Club
Outside The Box: Why our writers like to experiment and play with form
2025-04-26 16:00:38.122
Ellen Grant Hall
Where Is All The Big-Picture Thinking? Talking political leadership, visionary policy and new ideas
2025-04-27 12:00:32.144
Sorrento Masonic Centre
Enter The Strongman: How and why has authoritarianism become popular again?
2025-04-27 15:00:57.342
The Continental

Dervla McTiernan

From Laptop To International Bestseller
2025-04-26 09:00:26.694
Sorrento Masonic Centre
In Conversation: Dervla McTiernan
2025-04-26 13:30:46.862
Sorrento Masonic Centre
The Unlikely Hero: From the flawed to the failed to the fluke, these characters give thrillers their spark
2025-04-26 16:30:49.614
Sorrento Masonic Centre
The Craft of Murder
2025-04-27 13:30:39.215
The Continental

Di Morrissey

In Conversation: Di Morrissey
2025-04-24 12:00:31.189
The Continental

Don Watson

Does History Repeat?: (And if so, should we be nervous?)
2025-04-24 10:30:22.174
Sorrento Bowls Club
Dear Prime Minister, What Are You Scared Of?: How social media and other technologies are undermining democracies
2025-04-26 13:30:11.052
Ellen Grant Hall
The First 100 Days: Donald Trump’s second presidency
2025-04-26 15:00:29.627
The Continental
Yeah, Nah, Just Joking, Mate: Are Australians as eloquent and hilarious as we think?
2025-04-27 09:00:45.524
Sorrento Bowls Club
Telling the Truth About Australia’s History
2025-04-27 12:00:49.520
Sorrento Bowls Club

Emily Maguire

The Good, The Bad And The Seriously Disturbed: How to create memorable characters
2025-04-24 10:30:55.777
Ellen Grant Hall
Re-Imagining The Past: How I found my historical novel
2025-04-24 16:00:06.935
Sorrento Bowls Club

Emma Shortis

2025: The Year The World Goes Nuts: What does our global landscape look like in 2025?
2025-04-26 13:30:17.892
The Continental
The First 100 Days: Donald Trump’s second presidency
2025-04-26 15:00:29.627
The Continental
The Morning Feed
2025-04-27 08:00:46.482
The Continental

Eric Beecher

Media Moguls, The Old And The New
2025-04-24 13:00:13.242
Ellen Grant Hall
If Rupert Dies, What Next? The Future of News Ltd and the great dynasty crisis
2025-04-26 12:00:57.367
Sorrento Community Centre
Elon, AI, No Boundaries, No Truth. Where To For The Media?
2025-04-27 12:00:42.353
The Continental

Erik Jensen

If Rupert Dies, What Next? The Future of News Ltd and the great dynasty crisis
2025-04-26 12:00:57.367
Sorrento Community Centre
Is Australia a Racist Country?
2025-04-27 09:00:06.659
Ellen Grant Hall
Writers On Non-Fiction Writing
2025-04-27 13:30:27.177
Sorrento Bowls Club

Finegan Kruckemeyer

Writers On Writing
2025-04-24 16:00:31.579
Ellen Grant Hall
Barefoot Bowls and Read Out Loud: Our speakers read and recite some of their favourite passages, poems, speeches and soliloquies
2025-04-25 17:00:05.005
Sorrento Bowls Club
Imagination On Steroids: Speculative fiction, magic realism, fantasy and imaginary worlds in fiction.
2025-04-26 09:00:42.452
Sorrento Masonic Centre

Fiona Brockhoff

Grey Nomads On Tour: And other reasons to discover Australia
2025-04-24 13:00:28.279
Sorrento Masonic Centre
I Grow, I Cook, I Eat: In praise of the veggie patch
2025-04-26 15:00:56.394
Sorrento Masonic Centre

Fiona Gruber

Art Stream (1): In Conversation: Patrick McCaughey
2025-04-24 08:00:57.525
The Continental
In Conversation: Di Morrissey
2025-04-24 12:00:31.189
The Continental
Drinks With The Crime Writers
2025-04-24 18:00:11.735
The Continental
In Conversation: Michelle de Kretser
2025-04-25 13:00:35.428
Ellen Grant Hall
Outside The Box: Why our writers like to experiment and play with form
2025-04-26 16:00:38.122
Ellen Grant Hall

Francesca Carter

All Fired Up: How books change children’s lives
2025-04-24 09:00:42.637
The Continental

Frank Bongiorno

Our Political Parties: Where to from here?
2025-04-27 09:00:25.848
The Continental
Where Is All The Big-Picture Thinking? Talking political leadership, visionary policy and new ideas
2025-04-27 12:00:32.144
Sorrento Masonic Centre

Gail Holmes

Shakespeare Unpacked: Act 1
2025-04-24 09:30:57.315
Sorrento Masonic Centre
My First Book 2: Three new writers discuss their work practice, their stories, and their lucky break
2025-04-24 13:00:49.674
Sorrento Bowls Club

George Megalogenis

The Political Lunch
2025-04-24 12:00:57.132
The Baths Sorrento
It’s About The Optics, Stupid: Unpacking the 2025 Election
2025-04-25 14:30:22.854
Sorrento Community Centre
When and Why Did Climate Fall Off The Election Agenda?
2025-04-26 10:30:16.781
Ellen Grant Hall

Geraldine Brooks

Island of My Mind: The role of Flinders Island in my writing
2025-04-26 10:30:24.561
Sorrento Bowls Club
In Conversation: Geraldine Brooks
2025-04-27 09:00:42.516
Sorrento Community Centre
Where To, America? (Or, How Gaga is MAGA?)
2025-04-27 12:00:22.780
Sorrento Community Centre

Gideon Haigh

Drinks With The Sportswriters
2025-04-26 16:30:19.683
The Continental
Writing Memoir: The art of the autobiography
2025-04-27 12:00:04.390
Ellen Grant Hall
My Life and India: A conversation about the nation, its people and its great diaspora
2025-04-27 13:30:31.313
Sorrento Community Centre

Gina Chick

Smooth Runs The Water: The impact of swimming, surfing, waves and coastlines on my writing
2025-04-27 09:00:03.821
Sorrento Portsea RSL
In Conversation: Gina Chick
2025-04-27 15:00:34.636
Sorrento Community Centre

Grantlee Kieza

Up Close and Personal: The trials and triumphs of writing biography
2025-04-25 13:00:30.019
Sorrento Masonic Centre
Your Life, My Words: The art of telling someone else’s story
2025-04-25 16:00:52.877
The Continental
In Conversation: Grantlee Kieza
2025-04-26 09:00:36.376
Ellen Grant Hall

Greg Sheridan

Spreading the Word: The role of books in faith
2025-04-25 13:00:28.129
St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church of Sorrento
How To Handle Europe, and Other Urgent World Issues
2025-04-25 16:00:32.468
Ellen Grant Hall
2025: The Year The World Goes Nuts: What does our global landscape look like in 2025?
2025-04-26 13:30:17.892
The Continental

Guy Mirabella

The Art Of The Cookbook
2025-04-27 09:15:03.078
The Continental

Hannie Rayson

Art Stream (2): My Family and Art
2025-04-24 10:30:01.980
The Continental
Dear Son: Talking about fatherhood, families and raising boys
2025-04-24 14:30:49.483
Sorrento Masonic Centre
Writing About Me: How hard was that, anyway?
2025-04-26 09:00:55.957
Sorrento Bowls Club
Telling Australian Stories Via The Big and Little Screen
2025-04-26 13:30:28.173
The Continental
The Greer Effect: A read-through of Vanessa O’Neill’s play-in-progress
2025-04-26 16:45:18.968
The Continental

Heather Ewart

In Conversation: Peter FitzSimons
2025-04-24 09:00:48.824
Sorrento Community Centre
Grey Nomads On Tour: And other reasons to discover Australia
2025-04-24 13:00:28.279
Sorrento Masonic Centre
In Conversation: John Lyons
2025-04-27 10:30:18.333
Sorrento Community Centre

Helen Ennis

Art Stream (4): Max Dupain in Focus
2025-04-24 13:00:09.813
The Continental
What I Learned: Three biographers explain the impact of writing another person’s life story
2025-04-24 16:00:40.508
The Continental

Helen Garner

In Conversation: Helen Garner
2025-04-26 10:30:43.683
Sorrento Community Centre

Henry Rosenbloom

The Whitlam Legacy, 1975: Why Australia was never the same again
2025-04-25 13:00:31.674
Sorrento Community Centre

Hilde Hinton

Ta Da! Introducing, Our New Books
2025-04-26 10:30:27.774
Sorrento Masonic Centre
Writers On Writing
2025-04-26 16:30:03.320
Sorrento Bowls Club

Inala Cooper

Walking Together: The potential of First Nations culture to enhance our lives
2025-04-24 14:30:47.897
Sorrento Bowls Club
Come Together: How books can create connections between black and white Australia
2025-04-25 13:00:28.426
The Continental
When The Past Invades Our Present: Three novelists discuss their style of historical fiction writing
2025-04-25 16:00:15.391
Sorrento Masonic Centre
Between Us: Stan Grant and Marcia Langton
2025-04-26 10:30:53.162
The Continental
Reimagining Australia: How to make this next quarter of the 21st Century really matter
2025-04-27 10:30:20.965
The Continental
Telling the Truth About Australia’s History
2025-04-27 12:00:49.520
Sorrento Bowls Club

Inga Simpson

I Talk To The Trees: In praise of nature’s enduring force
2025-04-25 14:30:18.058
St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church of Sorrento
Healing Power of Nature
2025-04-26 09:00:44.609
Sorrento Museum
Writers On Writing
2025-04-26 12:00:21.826
Sorrento Masonic Centre

Irma Gold

How A Faraway Place Inspired My Story: Exploring the importance of setting
2025-04-24 12:00:10.125
Sorrento Masonic Centre
It Takes A Village: The role of small-town communities in fiction
2025-04-24 14:30:13.870
Ellen Grant Hall
Writers On Writing
2025-04-24 16:00:31.579
Ellen Grant Hall

Isaiah Firebrace

Dear Son: Talking about fatherhood, families and raising boys
2025-04-24 14:30:49.483
Sorrento Masonic Centre

Isobelle Carmody

Imagination On Steroids: Speculative fiction, magic realism, fantasy and imaginary worlds in fiction.
2025-04-26 09:00:42.452
Sorrento Masonic Centre

Izabella Yena

The Greer Effect: A read-through of Vanessa O’Neill’s play-in-progress
2025-04-26 16:45:18.968
The Continental

JP Pomare

I Wrote A Bestseller – And Then What?
2025-04-25 16:00:19.128
Sorrento Masonic Centre
The Unlikely Hero: From the flawed to the failed to the fluke, these characters give thrillers their spark
2025-04-26 16:30:49.614
Sorrento Masonic Centre
The Craft of Murder
2025-04-27 13:30:39.215
The Continental

Jaclyn Crupi

A Writer’s Life
2025-04-23 14:00:32.812
Sorrento Portsea RSL
In Conversation: Ben Shewry
2025-04-24 09:00:48.824
Sorrento Bowls Club
Up Close and Personal: The trials and triumphs of writing biography
2025-04-25 13:00:30.019
Sorrento Masonic Centre
From Mashed Peas to Smashed Peas: How Australian family food has evolved in 50 years
2025-04-26 10:30:45.376
The Continental
I Grow, I Cook, I Eat: In praise of the veggie patch
2025-04-26 15:00:56.394
Sorrento Masonic Centre

Jane Godwin

A Child’s Life
2025-04-23 11:30:11.179
Sorrento Portsea RSL
All Fired Up: How books change children’s lives
2025-04-24 09:00:42.637
The Continental
Books v Screens: The Great Parenting Challenge
2025-04-24 13:00:29.575
Sorrento Community Centre

Jane Hone

Meet My Family: Memoir writers discuss how their own tribe’s story became a good book
2025-04-24 13:00:34.396
Sorrento Masonic Centre
Nature, My Great Escape: Tales of growing, re-wilding and rejuvenating
2025-04-25 13:00:58.318
Sorrento Bowls Club
Story Slam with Jane Hone
2025-04-25 19:00:02.980
The Continental
Smooth Runs The Water: The impact of swimming, surfing, waves and coastlines on my writing
2025-04-27 09:00:03.821
Sorrento Portsea RSL
The Art of Planting Beautifully
2025-04-27 10:30:44.513
Sorrento Bowls Club

Jane Montgomery Griffiths

Shakespeare Unpacked: Act 1
2025-04-24 09:30:57.315
Sorrento Masonic Centre
Shakespeare Unpacked: Act 2
2025-04-24 10:45:57.315
Sorrento Masonic Centre
What I Learned: Three biographers explain the impact of writing another person’s life story
2025-04-24 16:00:40.508
The Continental
Barefoot Bowls and Read Out Loud: Our speakers read and recite some of their favourite passages, poems, speeches and soliloquies
2025-04-25 17:00:05.005
Sorrento Bowls Club
Breakfast With The Bard: The Political Plays
2025-04-27 08:00:12.587
The Continental

Jane Yang

My First Book 2: Three new writers discuss their work practice, their stories, and their lucky break
2025-04-24 13:00:49.674
Sorrento Bowls Club
Re-Imagining The Past: How I found my historical novel
2025-04-24 16:00:06.935
Sorrento Bowls Club

Jason Steger

In Conversation: Stan Grant
2025-04-25 16:00:37.399
Sorrento Community Centre
In Conversation: Sir Ian Rankin
2025-04-25 19:00:09.728
The Continental
Nothing Personal: How to imagine characters who are not like you (or your mum, or your boss, or your best friend)
2025-04-26 12:00:30.531
Sorrento Bowls Club
Writing Memoir: The art of the autobiography
2025-04-27 12:00:04.390
Ellen Grant Hall
Australian Writing, From Where I Sit
2025-04-27 15:00:07.622
Ellen Grant Hall

Jayne Tuttle

The Good, The Bad And The Seriously Disturbed: How to create memorable characters
2025-04-24 10:30:55.777
Ellen Grant Hall
Books v Screens: The Great Parenting Challenge
2025-04-24 13:00:29.575
Sorrento Community Centre

Jenny Hocking

The Whitlam Legacy, 1975: Why Australia was never the same again
2025-04-25 13:00:31.674
Sorrento Community Centre
1975: The Dismissal: The moment Australian politics changed forever
2025-04-26 09:00:23.119
The Continental

Jess Armstrong

It Started With A Dot: Understanding melanoma and other cancer stories
2025-04-25 14:30:56.646
The Continental

Jess Sanders

65 Years Since Green Eggs and Ham: And other children’s classics we love
2025-04-24 12:00:03.002
Ellen Grant Hall
Why Are Our Kids Anxious?: And Other Perplexing Parenting Issues
2025-04-25 13:00:28.833
Sorrento Masonic Centre

Jessica Stanley

Writers On Writing
2025-04-26 16:30:03.320
Sorrento Bowls Club
Let’s Talk Love: Diving into the heart of fiction
2025-04-26 18:00:33.140
The Continental
My New Book: Three writers discuss their latest novels, and the journey from idea to bookstore
2025-04-27 10:30:21.696
Sorrento Masonic Centre

Jo Dyer

The Next Gen: Meet our hottest new writers
2025-04-24 14:30:30.683
Sorrento Masonic Centre
Are Aussie Men Okay With Women?
2025-04-26 13:30:33.245
Sorrento Bowls Club
Our Political Parties: Where to from here?
2025-04-27 09:00:25.848
The Continental

Jock Serong

My Australian Landscape
2025-04-24 12:00:31.621
Sorrento Community Centre
Sometimes My Imagination Just Runs Away…
2025-04-25 14:30:44.404
Sorrento Masonic Centre
Island of My Mind: The role of Flinders Island in my writing
2025-04-26 10:30:24.561
Sorrento Bowls Club
Outside The Box: Why our writers like to experiment and play with form
2025-04-26 16:00:38.122
Ellen Grant Hall
Smooth Runs The Water: The impact of swimming, surfing, waves and coastlines on my writing
2025-04-27 09:00:03.821
Sorrento Portsea RSL

Joe Aston

In Conversation: Joe Aston
2025-04-26 09:00:13.842
The Continental
Inside The Boardroom: Who is running our corporate world and are they up to the job?
2025-04-26 13:30:24.548
Sorrento Community Centre

Joelle Gergis

Healing Power of Nature
2025-04-26 09:00:44.609
Sorrento Museum
When and Why Did Climate Fall Off The Election Agenda?
2025-04-26 10:30:16.781
Ellen Grant Hall
Reimagining Australia: How to make this next quarter of the 21st Century really matter
2025-04-27 10:30:20.965
The Continental
Mother Nature – and Why She Needs Our Help
2025-04-27 13:30:59.471
Ellen Grant Hall

John Lyons

How To Handle Europe, and Other Urgent World Issues
2025-04-25 16:00:32.468
Ellen Grant Hall
The Morning Feed
2025-04-26 08:00:46.482
The Continental
2025: The Year The World Goes Nuts: What does our global landscape look like in 2025?
2025-04-26 13:30:17.892
The Continental
In Conversation: John Lyons
2025-04-27 10:30:18.333
Sorrento Community Centre

John Silvester

The Evening Feed & Drinks With The Journos
2025-04-25 17:30:54.830
The Continental
Shining Light In Dark Corners: Is investigative journalism an endangered species?
2025-04-26 15:00:14.383
Sorrento Community Centre
Stop Hurting Women: Enough is enough
2025-04-27 10:30:38.490
The Continental
Between Us: Andrew Rule and John Silvester
2025-04-27 15:00:12.955
The Continental

Jonathan Green

Healing Power of Nature
2025-04-26 09:00:44.609
Sorrento Museum
When and Why Did Climate Fall Off The Election Agenda?
2025-04-26 10:30:16.781
Ellen Grant Hall
Between Us: Andrew Knight and Steve Vizard
2025-04-27 12:00:20.262
The Continental

Jonty Claypole

The Great Gatsby 100 Years On: Is it the great American novel?
2025-04-25 14:30:24.136
Ellen Grant Hall
Barefoot Bowls and Read Out Loud: Our speakers read and recite some of their favourite passages, poems, speeches and soliloquies
2025-04-25 17:00:05.005
Sorrento Bowls Club
Breakfast With Jane Austen - On Her 250th Birthday
2025-04-26 08:00:01.746
The Continental
Let’s Talk Love: Diving into the heart of fiction
2025-04-26 18:00:33.140
The Continental
Breakfast With The Bard: The Political Plays
2025-04-27 08:00:12.587
The Continental

Josh Bornstein

What’s Your Agenda, Mark Zuckerberg?: Masculine energy, manarchy culture, and aggression in the workplace
2025-04-26 10:30:35.808
Sorrento Masonic Centre
Inside The Boardroom: Who is running our corporate world and are they up to the job?
2025-04-26 13:30:24.548
Sorrento Community Centre

Josh Frydenberg

In Conversation: Josh Frydenberg
2025-04-26 12:00:54.515
The Continental

Judith Brett

A Biographer’s Life
2025-04-23 15:30:08.696
Sorrento Portsea RSL
The Morning Feed
2025-04-24 08:00:46.482
The Continental
Does History Repeat?: (And if so, should we be nervous?)
2025-04-24 10:30:22.174
Sorrento Bowls Club
What I Learned: Three biographers explain the impact of writing another person’s life story
2025-04-24 16:00:40.508
The Continental

Judith Ryan

Art Stream (3): After 65,000 Years, Forever New Indigenous art and its impact
2025-04-24 12:00:56.116
The Continental

Julia Baird

Your Life, My Words: The art of telling someone else’s story
2025-04-25 16:00:52.877
The Continental
From Podcast To Platform: Exploring new ways to tell stories today
2025-04-26 18:00:53.099
The Continental
Smooth Runs The Water: The impact of swimming, surfing, waves and coastlines on my writing
2025-04-27 09:00:03.821
Sorrento Portsea RSL
Writing Memoir: The art of the autobiography
2025-04-27 12:00:04.390
Ellen Grant Hall

Julia Busuttil-Nishimura

Food As Solace: How cooking helps me through the bad times and the good
2025-04-25 14:30:02.994
The Continental
From Mashed Peas to Smashed Peas: How Australian family food has evolved in 50 years
2025-04-26 10:30:45.376
The Continental

Julia Gillard

The Barry Jones Oration: by Julia Gillard
2025-04-24 16:00:49.395
The Continental

Julianne Schultz

It’s About The Optics, Stupid: Unpacking the 2025 Election
2025-04-25 14:30:22.854
Sorrento Community Centre
The Morning Feed
2025-04-26 08:00:46.482
The Continental
Is Australia a Racist Country?
2025-04-27 09:00:06.659
Ellen Grant Hall
Enter The Strongman: How and why has authoritarianism become popular again?
2025-04-27 15:00:57.342
The Continental

Jumaana Abdu

The Next Gen: Meet our hottest new writers
2025-04-24 14:30:30.683
Sorrento Masonic Centre
Migration Stories In The Round: How human journeys impact storytelling
2025-04-25 13:00:32.198
Sorrento Museum
Nothing Personal: How to imagine characters who are not like you (or your mum, or your boss, or your best friend)
2025-04-26 12:00:30.531
Sorrento Bowls Club
Writers On Writing
2025-04-26 13:30:48.057
Sorrento Museum

Karen Inge

I’m Still Here: Getting to 90 – and knowing you're 90
2025-04-26 09:00:34.270
Sorrento Community Centre

Karen Martini

Kitchen Controversial: Why restaurant life is not for the faint-hearted
2025-04-24 13:00:42.097
The Continental
Food As Solace: How cooking helps me through the bad times and the good
2025-04-25 14:30:02.994
The Continental

Kate Fitz-Gibbon

Are Aussie Men Okay With Women?
2025-04-26 13:30:33.245
Sorrento Bowls Club
Stop Hurting Women: Enough is enough
2025-04-27 10:30:38.490
The Continental

Kate Grenville

In Conversation: Kate Grenville
2025-04-26 12:00:18.986
The Continental
Writing Memoir: The art of the autobiography
2025-04-27 12:00:04.390
Ellen Grant Hall
Australian Writing, From Where I Sit
2025-04-27 15:00:07.622
Ellen Grant Hall

Kate Mildenhall

65 Years Since Green Eggs and Ham: And other children’s classics we love
2025-04-24 12:00:03.002
Ellen Grant Hall

Katrina Strickland

Between Us: Annie Smithers & Virginia Trioli
2025-04-24 10:30:49.185
Sorrento Masonic Centre
Art Stream (3): After 65,000 Years, Forever New Indigenous art and its impact
2025-04-24 12:00:56.116
The Continental
Writers On Non-Fiction Writing
2025-04-27 13:30:27.177
Sorrento Bowls Club

Kerry O'Brien

In Conversation: Kim Williams
2025-04-25 14:30:31.149
Sorrento Bowls Club
1975: The Dismissal: The moment Australian politics changed forever
2025-04-26 09:00:23.119
The Continental
Between Us: Thomas Mayo and Kerry O’Brien
2025-04-26 15:00:51.419
The Continental

Kevin Bell

The Great Australian Nightmare: Housing in crisis
2025-04-27 12:00:05.778
Sorrento Portsea RSL

Kim Carr

Writing About Me: How hard was that, anyway?
2025-04-26 09:00:55.957
Sorrento Bowls Club
Our Political Parties: Where to from here?
2025-04-27 09:00:25.848
The Continental
Where Is All The Big-Picture Thinking? Talking political leadership, visionary policy and new ideas
2025-04-27 12:00:32.144
Sorrento Masonic Centre

Kim Williams

In Conversation: Kim Williams
2025-04-25 14:30:31.149
Sorrento Bowls Club
Words & Music Act 1: The Voice in Music
2025-04-25 17:30:37.793
The Continental

Kirsten Alexander

You Can Be In My Gang: Exploring the powerful dynamic of friendship groups in fiction
2025-04-24 09:00:51.568
Ellen Grant Hall

Kylie Ladd

Ta Da! Introducing, Our New Books
2025-04-26 10:30:27.774
Sorrento Masonic Centre
All In The Family: Some of fiction’s best plots happen under the one roof
2025-04-27 12:00:00.140
Sorrento Masonic Centre

Kylie Mirmohamadi

Why We Love A Strong Woman Story
2025-04-24 12:00:50.239
Sorrento Bowls Club
Writers On Writing
2025-04-24 16:00:31.579
Ellen Grant Hall

Laura Macdonald

A Child’s Life
2025-04-23 11:30:11.179
Sorrento Portsea RSL
You Can Be In My Gang: Exploring the powerful dynamic of friendship groups in fiction
2025-04-24 09:00:51.568
Ellen Grant Hall
Spreading the Word: The role of books in faith
2025-04-25 13:00:28.129
St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church of Sorrento
Telling Australian Stories Via The Big and Little Screen
2025-04-26 13:30:28.173
The Continental
My New Book: Three writers discuss their latest novels, and the journey from idea to bookstore
2025-04-27 10:30:21.696
Sorrento Masonic Centre

Laura McCluskey

My First Book 1: Three new writers discuss their work practice, their stories, and their lucky break
2025-04-24 09:00:10.974
Sorrento Masonic Centre
It Takes A Village: The role of small-town communities in fiction
2025-04-24 14:30:13.870
Ellen Grant Hall

Lauren Samuelsson

From Mashed Peas to Smashed Peas: How Australian family food has evolved in 50 years
2025-04-26 10:30:45.376
The Continental
From Lamingtons to Legacy: AWW’s Culinary Influence
2025-04-26 12:00:28.089
Ellen Grant Hall

Lech Blaine

Meet My Family: Memoir writers discuss how their own tribe’s story became a good book
2025-04-24 13:00:34.396
Sorrento Masonic Centre
I Wrote A Bestseller – And Then What?
2025-04-25 16:00:19.128
Sorrento Masonic Centre
Writing About Me: How hard was that, anyway?
2025-04-26 09:00:55.957
Sorrento Bowls Club

Libbi Gorr

Words & Music Act 1: The Voice in Music
2025-04-25 17:30:37.793
The Continental
From Podcast To Platform: Exploring new ways to tell stories today
2025-04-26 18:00:53.099
The Continental
Yeah, Nah, Just Joking, Mate: Are Australians as eloquent and hilarious as we think?
2025-04-27 09:00:45.524
Sorrento Bowls Club
The Great Australian Nightmare: Housing in crisis
2025-04-27 12:00:05.778
Sorrento Portsea RSL

Liz Porter

From Laptop To International Bestseller
2025-04-26 09:00:26.694
Sorrento Masonic Centre
The Unlikely Hero: From the flawed to the failed to the fluke, these characters give thrillers their spark
2025-04-26 16:30:49.614
Sorrento Masonic Centre

Louise Siversen

The Greer Effect: A read-through of Vanessa O’Neill’s play-in-progress
2025-04-26 16:45:18.968
The Continental

Luke Horton

Our Modern World, In My Book
2025-04-24 12:00:10.125
Sorrento Masonic Centre
Writers On Writing
2025-04-24 16:00:31.579
Ellen Grant Hall

Madeleine Cleary

My First Book 2: Three new writers discuss their work practice, their stories, and their lucky break
2025-04-24 13:00:49.674
Sorrento Bowls Club

Madeleine Grummet

If Rupert Dies, What Next? The Future of News Ltd and the great dynasty crisis
2025-04-26 12:00:57.367
Sorrento Community Centre
The DEI Dilemma: How corporate Australia might handle the backlash
2025-04-27 10:30:39.400
Sorrento Masonic Centre
Mother Nature – and Why She Needs Our Help
2025-04-27 13:30:59.471
Ellen Grant Hall

Madeleine Ryan

Our Modern World, In My Book
2025-04-24 12:00:10.125
Sorrento Masonic Centre
The Next Gen: Meet our hottest new writers
2025-04-24 14:30:30.683
Sorrento Masonic Centre

Malcolm Knox

Re-Imagining The Past: How I found my historical novel
2025-04-24 16:00:06.935
Sorrento Bowls Club
Sometimes My Imagination Just Runs Away…
2025-04-25 14:30:44.404
Sorrento Masonic Centre
When The Past Invades Our Present: Three novelists discuss their style of historical fiction writing
2025-04-25 16:00:15.391
Sorrento Masonic Centre

Marcia Langton

Art Stream (3): After 65,000 Years, Forever New Indigenous art and its impact
2025-04-24 12:00:56.116
The Continental
Between Us: Stan Grant and Marcia Langton
2025-04-26 10:30:53.162
The Continental

Margo Neale

Art Stream (3): After 65,000 Years, Forever New Indigenous art and its impact
2025-04-24 12:00:56.116
The Continental
Walking Together: The potential of First Nations culture to enhance our lives
2025-04-24 14:30:47.897
Sorrento Bowls Club
Come Together: How books can create connections between black and white Australia
2025-04-25 13:00:28.426
The Continental

Marion Taffe

From Newsroom To Bookshelf
2025-04-27 09:00:29.290
Sorrento Masonic Centre

Mark Smith

Bad Guys I Have Known: Murder mysteries and how to write them
2025-04-25 14:30:24.517
Sorrento Museum

Mel Fulton

My First Book 2: Three new writers discuss their work practice, their stories, and their lucky break
2025-04-24 13:00:49.674
Sorrento Bowls Club
Re-Imagining The Past: How I found my historical novel
2025-04-24 16:00:06.935
Sorrento Bowls Club

Melanie Cheng

Our Modern World, In My Book
2025-04-24 12:00:10.125
Sorrento Masonic Centre
Migration Stories In The Round: How human journeys impact storytelling
2025-04-25 13:00:32.198
Sorrento Museum
Sometimes My Imagination Just Runs Away…
2025-04-25 14:30:44.404
Sorrento Masonic Centre

Michael Shmith

Art Stream (4): Max Dupain in Focus
2025-04-24 13:00:09.813
The Continental
Writers On Writing
2025-04-26 12:00:21.826
Sorrento Masonic Centre
The History Of Music In 256 Pages
2025-04-26 13:30:34.620
Sorrento Masonic Centre

Michael Brissenden

Nothing Personal: How to imagine characters who are not like you (or your mum, or your boss, or your best friend)
2025-04-26 12:00:30.531
Sorrento Bowls Club
Writers On Writing
2025-04-26 16:30:03.320
Sorrento Bowls Club
From Newsroom To Bookshelf
2025-04-27 09:00:29.290
Sorrento Masonic Centre
The Craft of Murder
2025-04-27 13:30:39.215
The Continental

Michael Cathcart

Shakespeare Unpacked: Act 1
2025-04-24 09:30:57.315
Sorrento Masonic Centre
Shakespeare Unpacked: Act 2
2025-04-24 10:45:57.315
Sorrento Masonic Centre
Barefoot Bowls and Read Out Loud: Our speakers read and recite some of their favourite passages, poems, speeches and soliloquies
2025-04-25 17:00:05.005
Sorrento Bowls Club
Who’s Better: Bach or Mozart - and other ridiculous musical provocations
2025-04-27 10:30:55.530
Sorrento Portsea RSL

Michael Veitch

How A Faraway Place Inspired My Story: Exploring the importance of setting
2025-04-24 12:00:10.125
Sorrento Masonic Centre
Gallipoli 110 Years On: What does this controversial military campaign tell us about ourselves and our current world?
2025-04-24 14:30:48.684
Sorrento Community Centre
Your Life, My Words: The art of telling someone else’s story
2025-04-25 16:00:52.877
The Continental
World War Fiction: For novelists, It’s an ongoing rich and dramatic landscape
2025-04-26 12:00:36.092
Sorrento Masonic Centre
Words & Music Act 2: Countdown, 50 Years
2025-04-26 18:30:51.676
Sorrento Portsea RSL

Michelle de Kretser

In Conversation: Michelle de Kretser
2025-04-25 13:00:35.428
Ellen Grant Hall
Sometimes My Imagination Just Runs Away…
2025-04-25 14:30:44.404
Sorrento Masonic Centre
Outside The Box: Why our writers like to experiment and play with form
2025-04-26 16:00:38.122
Ellen Grant Hall

Mim Bartlett

The DEI Dilemma: How corporate Australia might handle the backlash
2025-04-27 10:30:39.400
Sorrento Masonic Centre

Nadine Ingram

From Lamingtons to Legacy: AWW’s Culinary Influence
2025-04-26 12:00:28.089
Ellen Grant Hall
The Art Of The Cookbook
2025-04-27 09:15:03.078
The Continental

Nardi Simpson

My Australian Landscape
2025-04-24 12:00:31.621
Sorrento Community Centre
Words & Music Act 1: The Voice in Music
2025-04-25 17:30:37.793
The Continental

Natasha Lester

From Laptop To International Bestseller
2025-04-26 09:00:26.694
Sorrento Masonic Centre
World War Fiction: For novelists, It’s an ongoing rich and dramatic landscape
2025-04-26 12:00:36.092
Sorrento Masonic Centre

Natasha Mitchell

The Ghosts Are Here: First Nations perspectives on European explorers
2025-04-24 10:30:22.174
Sorrento Community Centre
What’s Your Agenda, Mark Zuckerberg?: Masculine energy, manarchy culture, and aggression in the workplace
2025-04-26 10:30:35.808
Sorrento Masonic Centre
2025: The Year The World Goes Nuts: What does our global landscape look like in 2025?
2025-04-26 13:30:17.892
The Continental

Nick Bryant

The First 100 Days: Donald Trump’s second presidency
2025-04-26 15:00:29.627
The Continental
Where To, America? (Or, How Gaga is MAGA?)
2025-04-27 12:00:22.780
Sorrento Community Centre
Enter The Strongman: How and why has authoritarianism become popular again?
2025-04-27 15:00:57.342
The Continental

Nicole Hayes

65 Years Since Green Eggs and Ham: And other children’s classics we love
2025-04-24 12:00:03.002
Ellen Grant Hall

Nikki Gemmell

I Wrote A Bestseller – And Then What?
2025-04-25 16:00:19.128
Sorrento Masonic Centre
Nothing Personal: How to imagine characters who are not like you (or your mum, or your boss, or your best friend)
2025-04-26 12:00:30.531
Sorrento Bowls Club

Nina Kenwood

Writers On Writing
2025-04-26 12:00:21.826
Sorrento Masonic Centre
Lust, Love and the Whole Courtship Thing: Publishing’s gift that keeps on giving
2025-04-26 15:00:33.503
Ellen Grant Hall

Norman Swan

In Conversation: Richard Scolyer
2025-04-24 10:30:21.535
The Continental
Books v Screens: The Great Parenting Challenge
2025-04-24 13:00:29.575
Sorrento Community Centre
Dear Son: Talking about fatherhood, families and raising boys
2025-04-24 14:30:49.483
Sorrento Masonic Centre
Why Are Our Kids Anxious?: And Other Perplexing Parenting Issues
2025-04-25 13:00:28.833
Sorrento Masonic Centre
It Started With A Dot: Understanding melanoma and other cancer stories
2025-04-25 14:30:56.646
The Continental
I’m Still Here: Getting to 90 – and knowing you're 90
2025-04-26 09:00:34.270
Sorrento Community Centre

Paddy Manning

If Rupert Dies, What Next? The Future of News Ltd and the great dynasty crisis
2025-04-26 12:00:57.367
Sorrento Community Centre
From Podcast To Platform: Exploring new ways to tell stories today
2025-04-26 18:00:53.099
The Continental
Elon, AI, No Boundaries, No Truth. Where To For The Media?
2025-04-27 12:00:42.353
The Continental

Patrick McCaughey

Art Stream (1): In Conversation: Patrick McCaughey
2025-04-24 08:00:57.525
The Continental

Paul Kelly

The Political Lunch
2025-04-24 12:00:57.132
The Baths Sorrento
1975: The Dismissal: The moment Australian politics changed forever
2025-04-26 09:00:23.119
The Continental
Our Political Parties: Where to from here?
2025-04-27 09:00:25.848
The Continental

Paula Fox

It Started With A Dot: Understanding melanoma and other cancer stories
2025-04-25 14:30:56.646
The Continental

Paulette Whitney

Healing Power of Nature
2025-04-26 09:00:44.609
Sorrento Museum
I Grow, I Cook, I Eat: In praise of the veggie patch
2025-04-26 15:00:56.394
Sorrento Masonic Centre

Peter FitzSimons

A Biographer’s Life
2025-04-23 15:30:08.696
Sorrento Portsea RSL
In Conversation: Peter FitzSimons
2025-04-24 09:00:48.824
Sorrento Community Centre
Gallipoli 110 Years On: What does this controversial military campaign tell us about ourselves and our current world?
2025-04-24 14:30:48.684
Sorrento Community Centre

Peter Inge

Simmer Down: The role of civilised conversations in a healthy democracy
2025-04-27 13:30:47.517
The Continental

Peter Wilmoth

Words & Music Act 2: Countdown, 50 Years
2025-04-26 18:30:51.676
Sorrento Portsea RSL
From Newsroom To Bookshelf
2025-04-27 09:00:29.290
Sorrento Masonic Centre
All In The Family: Some of fiction’s best plots happen under the one roof
2025-04-27 12:00:00.140
Sorrento Masonic Centre
Between Us: Andrew Rule and John Silvester
2025-04-27 15:00:12.955
The Continental

Raeden Richardson

My First Book 1: Three new writers discuss their work practice, their stories, and their lucky break
2025-04-24 09:00:10.974
Sorrento Masonic Centre
The Next Gen: Meet our hottest new writers
2025-04-24 14:30:30.683
Sorrento Masonic Centre

Ramona Koval

In Conversation: Anne Summers
2025-04-25 14:30:37.646
Sorrento Masonic Centre
In Conversation: David Marr
2025-04-26 16:30:01.472
Sorrento Community Centre

Rana Hussain

Is Australia a Racist Country?
2025-04-27 09:00:06.659
Ellen Grant Hall
Simmer Down: The role of civilised conversations in a healthy democracy
2025-04-27 13:30:47.517
The Continental

Ranald Macdonald

In Conversation: Barry Jones
2025-04-24 14:30:32.054
The Continental

Rebecca Barnard

Words & Music Act 2: Countdown, 50 Years
2025-04-26 18:30:51.676
Sorrento Portsea RSL

Red Symons

Words & Music Act 2: Countdown, 50 Years
2025-04-26 18:30:51.676
Sorrento Portsea RSL

Richard Piper

Shakespeare Unpacked: Act 1
2025-04-24 09:30:57.315
Sorrento Masonic Centre
Shakespeare Unpacked: Act 2
2025-04-24 10:45:57.315
Sorrento Masonic Centre
Words & Music Act 1: The Voice in Music
2025-04-25 17:30:37.793
The Continental
Let’s Talk Love: Diving into the heart of fiction
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The Continental
Breakfast With The Bard: The Political Plays
2025-04-27 08:00:12.587
The Continental

Richard Scolyer

In Conversation: Richard Scolyer
2025-04-24 10:30:21.535
The Continental
It Started With A Dot: Understanding melanoma and other cancer stories
2025-04-25 14:30:56.646
The Continental

Rick Morton

It’s About The Optics, Stupid: Unpacking the 2025 Election
2025-04-25 14:30:22.854
Sorrento Community Centre
Inside The Boardroom: Who is running our corporate world and are they up to the job?
2025-04-26 13:30:24.548
Sorrento Community Centre
Shining Light In Dark Corners: Is investigative journalism an endangered species?
2025-04-26 15:00:14.383
Sorrento Community Centre
Writers On Non-Fiction Writing
2025-04-27 13:30:27.177
Sorrento Bowls Club

Robbie Arnott

In Conversation: Robbie Arnott
2025-04-24 09:00:49.413
The Continental
My Australian Landscape
2025-04-24 12:00:31.621
Sorrento Community Centre
Nature, My Great Escape: Tales of growing, re-wilding and rejuvenating
2025-04-25 13:00:58.318
Sorrento Bowls Club

Robert Dessaix

In Conversation: Robert Dessaix
2025-04-27 10:30:36.854
Ellen Grant Hall
Australian Writing, From Where I Sit
2025-04-27 15:00:07.622
Ellen Grant Hall

Robert Lukins

Ta Da! Introducing, Our New Books
2025-04-26 10:30:27.774
Sorrento Masonic Centre
All In The Family: Some of fiction’s best plots happen under the one roof
2025-04-27 12:00:00.140
Sorrento Masonic Centre

Rose Donohoe

Our Modern World, In My Book
2025-04-24 12:00:10.125
Sorrento Masonic Centre

Rosemarie Milsom

Sometimes My Imagination Just Runs Away…
2025-04-25 14:30:44.404
Sorrento Masonic Centre
In Conversation: Kate Grenville
2025-04-26 12:00:18.986
The Continental
Between Us: Thomas Mayo and Kerry O’Brien
2025-04-26 15:00:51.419
The Continental

Russel Howcroft

The Great Australian Nightmare: Housing in crisis
2025-04-27 12:00:05.778
Sorrento Portsea RSL

Rusty Miller

Smooth Runs The Water: The impact of swimming, surfing, waves and coastlines on my writing
2025-04-27 09:00:03.821
Sorrento Portsea RSL

Sally Hepworth

From Laptop To International Bestseller
2025-04-26 09:00:26.694
Sorrento Masonic Centre
Writers On Writing
2025-04-26 13:30:48.057
Sorrento Museum
All In The Family: Some of fiction’s best plots happen under the one roof
2025-04-27 12:00:00.140
Sorrento Masonic Centre

Sally Warhaft

It’s About The Optics, Stupid: Unpacking the 2025 Election
2025-04-25 14:30:22.854
Sorrento Community Centre
How To Handle Europe, and Other Urgent World Issues
2025-04-25 16:00:32.468
Ellen Grant Hall
Shining Light In Dark Corners: Is investigative journalism an endangered species?
2025-04-26 15:00:14.383
Sorrento Community Centre
Where Is All The Big-Picture Thinking? Talking political leadership, visionary policy and new ideas
2025-04-27 12:00:32.144
Sorrento Masonic Centre
My Life and India: A conversation about the nation, its people and its great diaspora
2025-04-27 13:30:31.313
Sorrento Community Centre

Sam Lane

The Evening Feed & Drinks With The Journos
2025-04-25 17:30:54.830
The Continental
Ta Da! Introducing, Our New Books
2025-04-26 10:30:27.774
Sorrento Masonic Centre
Drinks With The Sportswriters
2025-04-26 16:30:19.683
The Continental

Samah Sabawi

Meet My Family: Memoir writers discuss how their own tribe’s story became a good book
2025-04-24 13:00:34.396
Sorrento Masonic Centre
Migration Stories In The Round: How human journeys impact storytelling
2025-04-25 13:00:32.198
Sorrento Museum

Santilla Chingaipe

Your Life, My Words: The art of telling someone else’s story
2025-04-25 16:00:52.877
The Continental
In Conversation: Geraldine Brooks
2025-04-27 09:00:42.516
Sorrento Community Centre
Telling the Truth About Australia’s History
2025-04-27 12:00:49.520
Sorrento Bowls Club
Writers On Non-Fiction Writing
2025-04-27 13:30:27.177
Sorrento Bowls Club

Sarah Pound

From Mashed Peas to Smashed Peas: How Australian family food has evolved in 50 years
2025-04-26 10:30:45.376
The Continental

Sean Kelly

Up Close and Personal: The trials and triumphs of writing biography
2025-04-25 13:00:30.019
Sorrento Masonic Centre
Dear Prime Minister, What Are You Scared Of?: How social media and other technologies are undermining democracies
2025-04-26 13:30:11.052
Ellen Grant Hall
Reimagining Australia: How to make this next quarter of the 21st Century really matter
2025-04-27 10:30:20.965
The Continental

Sean Wilson

I’m Still Here: Getting to 90 – and knowing you're 90
2025-04-26 09:00:34.270
Sorrento Community Centre
Nothing Personal: How to imagine characters who are not like you (or your mum, or your boss, or your best friend)
2025-04-26 12:00:30.531
Sorrento Bowls Club

Seth Robinson

The Great Gatsby 100 Years On: Is it the great American novel?
2025-04-25 14:30:24.136
Ellen Grant Hall
Imagination On Steroids: Speculative fiction, magic realism, fantasy and imaginary worlds in fiction.
2025-04-26 09:00:42.452
Sorrento Masonic Centre
Writers On Writing
2025-04-26 13:30:48.057
Sorrento Museum

Shaun Grant

Telling Australian Stories Via The Big and Little Screen
2025-04-26 13:30:28.173
The Continental
From Podcast To Platform: Exploring new ways to tell stories today
2025-04-26 18:00:53.099
The Continental

Shelley Burr

Drinks With The Crime Writers
2025-04-24 18:00:11.735
The Continental
Nature, My Great Escape: Tales of growing, re-wilding and rejuvenating
2025-04-25 13:00:58.318
Sorrento Bowls Club
Bad Guys I Have Known: Murder mysteries and how to write them
2025-04-25 14:30:24.517
Sorrento Museum

Simon Holmes a Court

When and Why Did Climate Fall Off The Election Agenda?
2025-04-26 10:30:16.781
Ellen Grant Hall
Are Aussie Men Okay With Women?
2025-04-26 13:30:33.245
Sorrento Bowls Club
Where Is All The Big-Picture Thinking? Talking political leadership, visionary policy and new ideas
2025-04-27 12:00:32.144
Sorrento Masonic Centre
Mother Nature – and Why She Needs Our Help
2025-04-27 13:30:59.471
Ellen Grant Hall

Sir Ian Rankin

In Conversation: Sir Ian Rankin
2025-04-25 19:00:09.728
The Continental

Sophie Gee

The Great Gatsby 100 Years On: Is it the great American novel?
2025-04-25 14:30:24.136
Ellen Grant Hall
Breakfast With Jane Austen - On Her 250th Birthday
2025-04-26 08:00:01.746
The Continental
Lust, Love and the Whole Courtship Thing: Publishing’s gift that keeps on giving
2025-04-26 15:00:33.503
Ellen Grant Hall
Breakfast With The Bard: The Political Plays
2025-04-27 08:00:12.587
The Continental

Sophie Green

The Good, The Bad And The Seriously Disturbed: How to create memorable characters
2025-04-24 10:30:55.777
Ellen Grant Hall
It Takes A Village: The role of small-town communities in fiction
2025-04-24 14:30:13.870
Ellen Grant Hall

Stan Grant

Spreading the Word: The role of books in faith
2025-04-25 13:00:28.129
St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church of Sorrento
In Conversation: Stan Grant
2025-04-25 16:00:37.399
Sorrento Community Centre
Between Us: Stan Grant and Marcia Langton
2025-04-26 10:30:53.162
The Continental

Stephen Lunn

Why Are Our Kids Anxious?: And Other Perplexing Parenting Issues
2025-04-25 13:00:28.833
Sorrento Masonic Centre
I’m Still Here: Getting to 90 – and knowing you're 90
2025-04-26 09:00:34.270
Sorrento Community Centre
Stop Hurting Women: Enough is enough
2025-04-27 10:30:38.490
The Continental

Steve Perkin

Grey Nomads On Tour: And other reasons to discover Australia
2025-04-24 13:00:28.279
Sorrento Masonic Centre
I Talk To The Trees: In praise of nature’s enduring force
2025-04-25 14:30:18.058
St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church of Sorrento
Drinks With The Sportswriters
2025-04-26 16:30:19.683
The Continental

Steve Vizard

Gallipoli 110 Years On: What does this controversial military campaign tell us about ourselves and our current world?
2025-04-24 14:30:48.684
Sorrento Community Centre
Between Us: Andrew Knight and Steve Vizard
2025-04-27 12:00:20.262
The Continental

Tarang Chawla

Stop Hurting Women: Enough is enough
2025-04-27 10:30:38.490
The Continental

Tasma Walton

The Ghosts Are Here: First Nations perspectives on European explorers
2025-04-24 10:30:22.174
Sorrento Community Centre
Why We Love A Strong Woman Story
2025-04-24 12:00:50.239
Sorrento Bowls Club
Come Together: How books can create connections between black and white Australia
2025-04-25 13:00:28.426
The Continental
When The Past Invades Our Present: Three novelists discuss their style of historical fiction writing
2025-04-25 16:00:15.391
Sorrento Masonic Centre

Theodore Ell

My First Book 1: Three new writers discuss their work practice, their stories, and their lucky break
2025-04-24 09:00:10.974
Sorrento Masonic Centre
How A Faraway Place Inspired My Story: Exploring the importance of setting
2025-04-24 12:00:10.125
Sorrento Masonic Centre

Thomas Mayo

Dear Son: Talking about fatherhood, families and raising boys
2025-04-24 14:30:49.483
Sorrento Masonic Centre
Come Together: How books can create connections between black and white Australia
2025-04-25 13:00:28.426
The Continental
Between Us: Thomas Mayo and Kerry O’Brien
2025-04-26 15:00:51.419
The Continental
Is Australia a Racist Country?
2025-04-27 09:00:06.659
Ellen Grant Hall
Telling the Truth About Australia’s History
2025-04-27 12:00:49.520
Sorrento Bowls Club

Tim Ayliffe

The Unlikely Hero: From the flawed to the failed to the fluke, these characters give thrillers their spark
2025-04-26 16:30:49.614
Sorrento Masonic Centre
From Newsroom To Bookshelf
2025-04-27 09:00:29.290
Sorrento Masonic Centre
My New Book: Three writers discuss their latest novels, and the journey from idea to bookstore
2025-04-27 10:30:21.696
Sorrento Masonic Centre

Tim Byrne

My First Book 1: Three new writers discuss their work practice, their stories, and their lucky break
2025-04-24 09:00:10.974
Sorrento Masonic Centre
Bad Guys I Have Known: Murder mysteries and how to write them
2025-04-25 14:30:24.517
Sorrento Museum
In Conversation: Dervla McTiernan
2025-04-26 13:30:46.862
Sorrento Masonic Centre
The Craft of Murder
2025-04-27 13:30:39.215
The Continental

Titus O'Reily

Drinks With The Sportswriters
2025-04-26 16:30:19.683
The Continental

Tom McIlroy

Art Stream (5): How ‘Blue Poles’ Forever Changed Australia’s Gallery Landscape
2025-04-24 14:30:56.302
The Continental
The Whitlam Legacy, 1975: Why Australia was never the same again
2025-04-25 13:00:31.674
Sorrento Community Centre

Tom Wright

A Biographer’s Life
2025-04-23 15:30:08.696
Sorrento Portsea RSL
The Morning Feed
2025-04-24 08:00:46.482
The Continental
Does History Repeat?: (And if so, should we be nervous?)
2025-04-24 10:30:22.174
Sorrento Bowls Club
The Evening Feed & Drinks With The Journos
2025-04-25 17:30:54.830
The Continental
The Morning Feed
2025-04-26 08:00:46.482
The Continental
The Morning Feed
2025-04-27 08:00:46.482
The Continental
Reimagining Australia: How to make this next quarter of the 21st Century really matter
2025-04-27 10:30:20.965
The Continental

Vanessa O'Neill

The Greer Effect: A read-through of Vanessa O’Neill’s play-in-progress
2025-04-26 16:45:18.968
The Continental

Virginia Trioli

Between Us: Annie Smithers & Virginia Trioli
2025-04-24 10:30:49.185
Sorrento Masonic Centre
Art Stream (5): How ‘Blue Poles’ Forever Changed Australia’s Gallery Landscape
2025-04-24 14:30:56.302
The Continental
Food As Solace: How cooking helps me through the bad times and the good
2025-04-25 14:30:02.994
The Continental
1975 Then, Now and Beyond 50 Years of Feminism in Australia
2025-04-26 15:00:30.593
Sorrento Bowls Club
In Conversation: Gina Chick
2025-04-27 15:00:34.636
Sorrento Community Centre